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<span style="font-size: large;">Why does something that you are expecting coming still feel like a kick in the gut?!?! I believed in my heart of hearts that Governor Pritzker was going to close Illinois schools for the remainder of this acadmic school year and for good reason! I 100% agree that this is what is best for our students, staff, and community. Yet hearing him say this out loud today had me sobbing. I mean UGLY crying people!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I MISS my students. I MISS my coworkers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In some ways, I miss my overwhelming "regular" workload...I miss my dumb commute and all the accompanying tolls (not really but kind of). I miss hearing about the "I forgot table" which is something my buiding staff can completely relate to lol. I miss bus duty. I miss having to wear a walkie talkie and hearing or asking for somoeone to repeat themselves again and again. I miss my 730 special ed meetings on Thursdays. I miss the clutter of my shared office... (no I really don't but that's just because I'm type A) because I love my office mates.</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4432298048958469935" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4432298048958469935" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-size: large;">What I really miss is hearing "Mrs. Edge!". I miss finding two specific students who hide in the EXACT same spot before each session so that I can be "surprised". I miss the arm squeezes from one of my students who does that to show his love and excitement. I miss all of the one liners that I always swear I'm going to write down but never do because I'm too busy. I miss those firsts...the first requests, the first independent use of a coping strategy, the first spontaneous peer interaction....So many of these firsts which are WHY I love my job.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is so different and SO MUCH harder! I'm working 10-14 hours a day. I really wish I was exageratting but I'm not. :( Having to learn all the tech so that I can create individualized lessons for each of my students and then linking them in order to remain confidentiality. ALL of the zooms...soooo many zooms lol. All of the emails...sooo many emails. Lastly documenting everything that I'm doing is just so time consuming. I really wish it wasn't necessary but I get it...it is what it is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is all just so sad but I'm not going to allow myself to stay here for very long. My students need me.</span><br />
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<br />Becky Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054185021338431790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432298048958469935.post-56490253572824681632020-04-11T13:53:00.001-07:002020-04-13T05:51:53.091-07:00all the tech...<span style="font-size: large;">Hi All,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Just another stay at home Saturday here...;) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to share one of the things I learned this week among the 100 other tech things I've had to figure out since beginning to teach virtually. I've been trying to problem solve how to use my ipad with a split screen of my desktop when recording my lessons. I made a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF2TjFIG-5M&t=45s" target="_blank">quick video tutorial</a> on how to screen cast your ios device when video
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let me know if you have any questions. What important tech hack have you learned to teach via remote learning? I'd love to hear about it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have LOVED using YouTube during parts of my lessons in order to provide some explicit instruction, reinforce a skill, etc. Unfortunately earlier this year YouTube had to change it's policies which has directly impacted a teacher's ability to create a playlist for students. As I've been utilizing YouTube for quite some time and have compiled many, many, many playlists to target so many speech-language skills, I thought it might be helpful to share <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/bedgeslp72/playlists?view_as=subscriber">my channel</a> but more importantly a sample of my playlists as this may be useful during this crisis for those who don't have have playlists already created. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The skills I target include social skills/social thinking, functional life skills, classroom themes, speech-language targets and of course "core vocabulary". As YouTube playlists can be frustrating to navigate I typically put my core vocabulary words in quotes so that I can more easily search them in my channel. I apologize if that's cumbersome but as I created this for me...If I find people finding my channel helpful, I may change this but it's what has worked or me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One quick YouTube channel hack that I love and use daily is a google extension that you can add titled "Playlist Sorter for YouTube". This extension will let you sort your playlist videos by title, in ascending or descending order. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I really hope you find them helpful! As I'm able, I'll continue to add new videos to the playlists and begin to create new playlists. :)</span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Becky</span></b></i>Becky Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054185021338431790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432298048958469935.post-39561211077257369132020-04-05T14:22:00.003-07:002020-04-05T17:32:25.064-07:00e-learning: sharing lessons and resources<span style="font-size: large;">E-Learning isn't easy for any of us! Parents, students, teachers, and related service providers are finding it overwhelming. In this post, I'll share from my perspective as a related service provider. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">YOWZA! This has been a challenging process for SLPs and other related service providers as we are not only responsible to provide services and resources, we are expected to do this while continuing to be HIPAA compliant. I have no problem with either of these expectations but I do feel it's important that administrators, general education staff, and parents be aware of how much extra time this is requiring above and beyond an upload of a single lesson. Any lesson developed is individualized to each student's needs. Additionally these lessons must also be uploaded individually as well as any of the links within the lesson to maintain student confidentiality. This takes time...so much precious time.</span><br />
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<li><b style="font-size: x-large;">Create a google doc with a table to share with your team for "team times scheduling with parents".</b><span style="font-size: large;"> Students, parents, and team members really appreciate the connected time with one another. Additionally this allows for greater collaboration in finding ways to support the student and family in his or her elearning plans</span></li>
<li><b style="font-size: x-large;">Use <a href="https://www.signupgenius.com/">signup genius</a></b><span style="font-size: large;"> to create your teleconferencing schedule for individual times. This significantly reduces the amount of time needed to reach out to your caseload and find a time that works for them.</span></li>
<li><b style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/11hLnvY0tF3rJjgDfewgI9UyyxsVl2dAZi6bB6Bobk0A/edit?usp=sharing">Create a choice board with linked materials</a></b><span style="font-size: large;"> to work toward their goals with their parents assistance. Materials may be youtube links, boom cards, pdfs of graphic organizers, materials in their boardmaker players, video of read alouds, or videos of yourself explaining and coaching on any number of skills. Many of these choice boards can be repeated with some simple tweaks or changes which will make it more manageable for all involved.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As my team moves from e-learning to remote learning, there will undoubtedly be many new changes and challenges. What I have learned over the last few weeks is how grateful I am for health, family, friends, food, employment, my team, and my students. We can overcome anything as long as we continue to extend grace, compassion, and kindness to one another. </span></div>
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Becky Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054185021338431790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432298048958469935.post-39348967851182793922020-03-22T12:52:00.003-07:002020-04-05T17:29:42.915-07:00I'm back...a vent<span style="font-size: large;">It's been a long time since I've posted...This school year has been a TOUGH one. My caseload and workload are at all time highs. Behavior support calls are also frequent and intense. There just always seems to much to do and never enough time. I've really been struggling with all of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">and then this week happened...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh how I'd rather be back to my crazy typical work week with too many meetings, behavior support calls, no plan time, eating lunch at my desk as I respond to my emails, and bringing way too much work home. To be honest the only thing difference this week is that I'm not responding to behavior support calls. Of course this was replaced by trying to figure out how to teach students with complex communication needs via e-learning. Anyone else in the same boat? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In all honesty I think I've worked more this week then ever but on the plus side I "think" I have a framework in place to provide my students with lessons and support. I'm feeling a bit better but still have quite the to do list.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The challenge of trying to support students and parents with individualized lessons while maintaining confidentiality has been challenging and time consuming but I think it looks good and functional. What do you all think? How are you sharing your lessons and resources? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'll share some of the resources and links in my next post. Stay tuned!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">P.S. I realize my vent is a first world problem. Just needed a place to let it out. ;) Please forgive me. I generally do my best to be positive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">SO grateful for all of those on the front line: nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists, grocery store employees, restaurant employees. I"m sending lots of prayers and postive thoughts to all of them. I realize I'm also blessed to still have a source of income with the ability to work from home. </span></div>
Becky Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054185021338431790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432298048958469935.post-42000682901188199582019-06-24T15:13:00.001-07:002019-06-24T15:13:28.373-07:00Religious Literacy Final Post<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What I had hoped to gain by taking this course is that I would become more knowledgeable about various religions, their history, traditions, etc. so that when people engage in hate or discriminate because someone has a different religion, I can use that knowledge to stop it. I think people often fear what they don't know which results in hatred and discrimination. In my opinion, knowledge is the key to stopping that. I feel like I have a much better understanding of Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Islam than I did prior to taking this course. Of course, I could spend years learning about each and still not know it all but I certainly have a better idea than I did. The opportunities to listen to students of the various faiths, going to the various places of worship and of course meeting with those of different faiths were probably the most powerful and helpful to me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of my favorite phrases taken from Brene Brown is to "dare greatly". While I can only speak for myself, I think all of this on this bus tour probably had multiple opportunities to "dare greatly". I know I had to allow myself to be vulnerable in order to ask some of the questions of those of other faiths. At the mosque, I was particularly worried that my question asking for an explanation on "why the women and men are separated during prayer service?" would be misunderstood. I also dared greatly by trying many different foods, accepting the flame in one of the Hindu temples, accepting that I along with the other women were asked to sit in the back while the men were invited to the front, at one of the Hindu temples, attempting to meditate at the Buddhist meditation center, going barefoot in many of these places of worship...what can I say, I'm a germaphobe, lol. There were times that it may have been easier to just allow myself to be fearful and decline these experiences. But declining these experiences would have allowed me to stay in the fear rather than to be vulnerable and to learn. Fear often leads to ignorance, intolerance, hatred, etc. I'm pretty proud of myself for "daring greatly" throughout this week so that I could let go of the fear. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">So did I answer my essential question? Yes and no. I think now that w</span><span style="background-color: white;">hen negative comments are made about people of different cultures or religions, I will be much more likely to know how to respond in order to educate them about their ignorance. The next time I overhear someone making fun of a Sikh wearing a turban, a Muslim woman wearing a hi jab, someone making false claims about Islam or Jewish beliefs, etc. I will have more knowledge to correct their false statements. As I've said, I firmly believe that many of our differences shouldn't be feared but rather understood. If I want to stop hate and the discrimination, I will need to continue to </span><span style="background-color: white;">"dare greatly". But...</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">I am only one. While one is certainly better than none, we need more people to stand up to hatred and discrimination. In order to do that more people need to be educated on various religions. If fear is what breeds hate and discrimination than learning about other religions should be a requirement of all of our citizens. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">It's exciting to hear that more high schools are offering comparative religions courses as electives but I'm hopeful that some day this will be a requirement. In the meantime, I will continue on this religious literacy journey. I will accept invitations from others to attend their churches, not necessarily to practice a new religion but to continue to understand others and their beliefs, behaviors, and their community. If the Religious Literacy Bus Tour 2.0 is offered next year, I will certainly take that as well.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">As an educator, I now have a much better understanding of the various religious holidays and will certainly be more understanding when my students miss or come to school tired. I can support students in finding a space to pray or "just be" during their lunch period when fasting. I will certainly look for more literature that involves characters of different faiths as an avenue to educate students about various religions and their customs. One additional thought I've had is to find ways to integrate religious and cultural literacy into our SEL curriculum as this could be easily integrated into understanding others differences, empathy, respect, etc.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you Seth Brady for offering such an amazing opportunity to us! While I'm pretty sure my family and friends may want me to stop talking about it, I just can't. This experience changed me in a wonderful way. Thank you!</span></div>
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Day 6's assignment was to attend a Christian house of worship that I was unfamiliar with. As I had never attended an Orthodox church service, I was curious to what this might look like. I did a quick google church and found an Orthodox church in my hometown of New Lenox. I have driven past <a href="http://saintjohnofchicago.com/">Saint John of Chicago</a> many times and marveled at the church with the beautiful stained glass windows but didn't know that it was an Orthodox church. I emailed the church and received a quick response from Father Andrew welcoming me to a service and offered to meet with me after to answer any of my questions.<br />
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Upon entering the small church, I found myself among less than a dozen people who certainly noticed me as someone new to the church. They offered smiles and then one of the members brought me a book so that I could follow along with the service. Shortly after opening the book, the churchgoers stood and then service began with chanting in prayers immediately followed by the ringing of church bells. Father Andrew began releasing incense across the altar, the clergy, the congregation and then around the entire church. He then went back to the altar but facing away from the parishioners. Almost all of the service was conducted through chanting but the tones of the chants changed at different points. Father Andrew then began releasing incense throughout the church and then began reading from the Gospel in the center of the church while facing the parishioners. We remained standing until he began his homily. At this time, Father Andrew brought out a stool to sit at the very front of the parishioners and began discussing the holiday being celebrated, "All Saints Day" which in the Orthodox church happens after Pentecost. I really appreciated his homily about All Day saints, modern day saints, and what it means to be a "witness" to one's faith. While he certainly shared a message, he also used his homily as a time to interact with his parishioners to better understand their needs and questions. After the homily, we returned to standing and the churchgoers began chanting the various prayers including the Nicene Creed. They then began to prepare for Communion. As the members went to the altar to receive communion, I noted that they went up to the altar with their arms crossed across their chest with their hands resting on their shoulders. After one of the churchgoers took communion, she offered me a piece of bread that wasn't communion as a gift. Father Andrew then joined his congregation to share upcoming events and news. He then led them through a prayer "to go in peace". What I found interesting was that Father Andrew even though the service was over, none of the parishioners left. Instead they sat down on their pews and then Father Andrew joined them on a stool to offer a lesson to anyone who wanted to stay. He then turned to me and thanked me for coming to the service. In turn, all of the church goers verbally welcomed me as well. Father Andrew then asked what questions I might want to ask. I asked why the prayer was done through chanting and if he could explain the different tones. He explained that the Orthodox church used Byzantine chanting and that it was initially done because many people were unable to read. Chanting was used as a technique to help them memorize the various prayers. I also asked why they took communion with their arms crossed and he explained that this is so no one accidentally spills the communion. As I didn't want to monopolize the informal time with his congregation, I asked if he could explain why the Nicene creed that they recited continued to have the line "one Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic church". Father Andrew explained that the Orthodox church could actually be titled "Orthodox Catholic" church. The Nicene creed was written prior to the Roman Catholic and the Orthodox Christian churches splitting up but is continued to their belief.</div>
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Throughout the church service, I couldn't help but stare at all of the stained glass windows. The images of Jesus were just beautiful. At one point, Father Andrew referred to them as "windows into the Kingdom of Heaven" during his homily. I've included some of them for you to appreciate as well. </div>
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I found my experience at Saint John of Chicago to be a very positive one. The church building and service were beautiful. Father Andrew and his parishioners were extremely welcoming and open to any and all of my questions. While I love my current church, I certainly wouldn't hesitate to attend another service at Saint John's. </div>
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Becky Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054185021338431790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432298048958469935.post-86283739815085128102019-06-23T15:27:00.006-07:002019-06-24T15:27:07.890-07:00Day 5: Islam<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">As Wali shared the story of his life, it was clear how his work as a trauma nurse was intertwined with his faith. He shared his belief that he doesn'’t control life but is rather doing the work of God. Wali shared “prayer is soul food” which allows him to have honest conversations with God. During these conversations he talks with God about the things he can’t control, expresses his gratitude, and also allows himself to escape the monotony of this world. Wali shared that Sawm allows Muslims to </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">give something up for God which allows them a closer proximity to him. Muslims belief that wealth is not ours to begin with so one shouldn't be stingy. Zakah is believed to actually be a test from God.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">part of their identify, and means representing themselves as a good person. When asked to </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">"what do you want teachers to know?", they shared a better understanding/awareness of </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">predawn to after the sun sets and includes no water or food for students mature enough </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">(ie. puberty). They also shared that it's important to know that Islam follows a lunar calendar. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">wearing a hijab doesn't necessarily mean one is more religious or devout. For this student, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">she became more religious later in her high school years during a time she was no longer </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">our shoes and covered our heads in respect and then were led through the womans section </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">into the main prayer hall where we were given seats. The prayer service was captivating to </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">pray engaging in various postures. Prayer moved from standing with bowed heads to kneeling</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">that as the men engaged in their prayers, some of the young children climbed on their father's</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">acknowledged it. In between the prayers</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-align: justify; white-space: normal;">passages of the </span><span style="color: black;">Qur'an were recited. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> Throughout </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I can only imagine the amount of will power and dedication, it must take to </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">fast during Ramadan, say their prayers five times daily, and well as to wear a hi jab.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As I've said each day, I am really enjoying all that I am learning about! Today was no different. We spent the day learning about Buddhism through some readings, a lecture from a professor from Aurora University, a visit from Cindy, a practicing Buddhist,who graduated from Naperville Central High School last month, and two different visits to Buddhist temples. The first temple we visited was at Wat Buddha-Dhamma Meditation Center where we led through sitting meditation, standing meditation, and walking meditation by Tan-Ajahn Thapakorn. Additionally, he explained meditation, mindfulness, and awareness with some real world examples that we could easily relate to. After that amazing practice, we headed to I.B.P.S Chicago (International Buddhist Progress Society of Chicago) to learn from Venerable Youheng about Humanistic Buddhism. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Seth has asked us to really think about the religious identities of Cindy, Tan-Ajahn Thapakorn, and Venerable Youheng and compare the three B's: beliefs, behavior and belonging. He would also like us to think about which "B" was most prominent and which one was the most powerful in shaping their identities. This should be easy...not, lol. </span></div>
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</span><span style="background-color: white;">Tan-Ajahn Thapakorn practices Theravada Buddhism. From my google research, Theravada is the </span><span style="background-color: white;">closest Buddhism to the one taught by The Buddha himself. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Theravada Buddhism</span><span style="background-color: white;"> focuses on self-liberation through practice of "letting go" and "not clinging" to things as they aren't permanent. Meditation, mindfulness, and awareness are critical toward obtaining enlightenment. Thapakorn demonstrated and then discussed his practice of meditation and mindfulness throughout his day. He didn't share much about "belonging"; however did share that all are welcome at his temple.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All three of them have very strong beliefs. While they all believe in Buddhism, their specific beliefs are diverse based on the type of Buddhism they practice. What I found to be the most prominent was their behavior. I was able to observe this behavior through their dress as well as what each of these individuals shared (and my google research :). They all discussed their practice and importance of meditation and mindfulness. Belonging, while it sounded like it would be something they might all appreciate, appeared to less of a focus for each of them. </span></span><br />
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Becky Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054185021338431790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432298048958469935.post-26860700005005972082019-06-12T19:16:00.004-07:002019-06-24T12:40:20.858-07:00Day 3: Judaism<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I'm not going to lie, I really LOVE my summer, particularly sleeping in until 8 or 9 when I can. While I was excited to get into this class, I was worried that after a couple of days, I might begin to be less than enthused when my alarm went off at 5am. Nope...not yet! I'm in awe of this experience. I've learned so much in the last three days that I might need to sleep for a week, lol. <br /><br />Today we learned about Judaism through some readings, attending Congregation Beth Shalom in Naperville, and listening to a student panel. The information presented today was excellent and plentiful. By the end of today's class, I was exhausted and had to come to take a quick nap before writing this blog. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Mr. Bernie Newman gave our group an extremely interesting presentation on Judaism. Bernie shared that Judaism isn't so much a religion but rather a family. Jews are united because being Jewish makes all Jews family. They may not necessarily have the same beliefs but regardless are still family. If a Jew is in trouble, all Jews step in to help each other. What is most important is to be moral and ethical and to follow the ten Commandments taken from the Torah. (There are 613 commandments in total). <br /><br /> According to Bernie, there are 14 millions Jews worldwide. Judaism has no creed or dogma. He shared that all Jews believe they have a responsibility for all humanity and that they believe you can find God in anything you do. One additional constant is that if you believe in Jesus, you aren’t Jewish. Jews don’t consider Jesus to be a prophet, Messiah, or the son of God but do believe that Jesus was a Jew.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Judaism has clearly evolved overtime. Commandments that are no longer relevant have morphed over time. For example animal sacrifice have long ago been replaced with prayers. Ancient rabbis added conditions to make commandments that are problematic unable to be carried out without a majority consensus. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For me, the highlight of my experience at Beth Shalom was when Bernie showed our group the 100 year old Torah that had been saved from Germany by being hidden in a cave during the Holocaust. It was beautiful to see and to recognize it's history as well as reflection on the resiliency and strength of Judaism. I also truly appreciated just listening to the Torah being read even though I don't understand Hebrew.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Immediately upon returning from Beth Shalom, a student panel of three Jewish students past and present from Naperville Central shared their experiences growing up as a Jew in Naperville. What a beautiful, strong group of young women! I won't lie, I teared up at points listening to some of the hardships they have faced but also loved their resiliency and their sense of humor in the face of it all.<br /><br />The three young women began by stating what being Jewish meant to each of them. They individually stated that being Jewish is an extremely important part of their identity. The three girls continuously referred to being a family and community. Additionally, they shared that those in their community go beyond themselves in supporting each other. It was clear by watching their interactions and listening to their stories that this was their truth.<br /><br />While the girls had many positives to say about growing up in Naperville and felt that for the most part they were supported by strong and understanding teachers and community, they shared many difficulties. Listening to their retell of their experiences to anti Semitic comments and bullying while hard to hear was extremely helpful. Due to the Sabbath, Friday at sundown until Saturday and sundown are sacred which means that this impacts their ability to attend birthday parties, football games, sports activities, etc. While two of the three girls mentioned being in sports, they shared how difficult it was to have to talk to their coaches about missing various events as they were concerned they would be excluded from the team. Each of the girls mentioned the difficulty of missing multiple school days in September/October for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. When asked what we as teacher's could to help, they shared providing understanding as well as extensions beyond a few days to complete missed work would be extremely helpful. They shared they are often spending their missed school time in synagogue praying/fasting/sitting all day. Additionally, they shared that they didn't particularly feel valued or as if they belonged in the schools during the month of December due to the emphasis on Christmas. but have noticed that this is beginning to improve in recent year. What was most difficult for them to share and us to hare was what type of anti-semitism they've experiences. The remarks and actions from their peers and even perceived "friends" was heartbreaking to hear. I'm so grateful that they shared these experiences with us so that we can do a better job of preventing them from happening at all. How do other students feel it's okay to throw pennies at another student???? How in the world do they feel it's okay to share Holocaust jokes???!!! We MUST do a better job of educating our youth on various religions so that they have an understanding of what they are saying. <br /><br />This brings me back to trying to answer my essential question of why people fear, hate, or discriminate others because they are different? and the even bigger question, how do we stop it? I think what I'm learning or more accurately affirming is through education. We need to be educating our students/families/community NOW or even better as early as we can in a students educational career so that differences remain just that, differences NOT inequalities, discrimination, etc. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">6.13.19 This morning while drinking my morning coffee, I read Joe Nikel's blog @ <a href="https://joenikkelblog.weebly.com/">https://joenikkelblog.weebly.com/</a> . I really enjoyed reading's Joe's perspective. Throughout his post, Joe acknowledged his "aha" moments and while my experience is different than his, I found myself agreeing along with many of the connections he's made. One thing I also appreciated about Joe's post was how he set it up to comment on the 6 principles. I attempted to do do that in the same way but found it challenging to make my post also readable so I wrote mine as a narrative while still remarking on the six principles. Joe did a way better job than me on that. </span></span>Becky Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054185021338431790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432298048958469935.post-54502735606639162122019-06-12T04:10:00.000-07:002019-06-24T12:40:52.658-07:00Day 2: Hinduism<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
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learned about Hinduism's beliefs, behaviors and belonging to the community by
listening to a couple of lectures, one from our instructor Seth Brady, as well
as from Shereen Bhalla, from the Hindu American Foundation. Additionally,
we had the great pleasure of learning from current and past students of
District 203 who discussed the traditions, values, and norms from their
personal experiences. Our group also had
an opportunity to visit two different Hindu temples today, the Venkateswara
Sami (Balaji) Temple of Greater Chicago and </span>BAPS Swaminarayan Temple.
Today, I was once again blown away by how much I did not know or
misunderstood about Hinduism and am grateful for this opportunity to be on this
religious literacy journey. I'll be honest as I write this post, I'm
still trying to wrap my brain around it as it's so <b>diverse</b>, <b>dynamic</b>,
<b>changing</b>, and situated in such long, rich <b>culture</b>.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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major faith traditions and is the world's third largest religion. The
majority of Hindus believe that that "Brahman" or "the
Absolute" is pervasive in the universe. Essentially, it is believed
that Brahman is "the one" and "God". Hindu's believe that "Brahaman" is
present in all living beings. "God" spread out as the universe
in to all living beings and elements and is understood as the cause of
creation. Additionally, in Hindu lore,
there is a Hindu trinity of Bhrama (creation), Vishnu (sustenance), and Shiva
(dissolution/reincarnation). Hindu's believe that the soul is eternal and
when a physical body dies, the soul is reborn in another living thing which is
governed by the Law of Karma. People are
believed to strive for: Dharma (i.e. foundation of moral life, small acts that
you do to get the good karma), Artha (i.e. pursuit of material prosperity),
Kama (i.e. enjoyment of the material world), and Moksha (i.e. the ultimate goal
of reincarnation). In order to achieve Moksha, one must follow three
paths: Karma Yoga (i.e. performing one's duty selflessly), Jnana Yoga (i.e.
studying and contemplating the scriptures), and Bhakti Yoga (i.e. devotion and
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became clear as I began my readings on Hinduism that the religion was quite
diverse but became even more clear upon visiting these two very different Hindu
temples and listening to the students panel. Outside of the core beliefs,
there is a broad spectrum of
understanding and practices. Throughout
the reading, the words "some, many, most" were used frequently when
describing what Hindu's believe, how they behave, and how they belong. As
one of the Hindu students from the panel stated there are "no hard or fast rules for
Hinduism. Another student shared that
"it wouldn't be possible to compare two Hindu households as no two Hindu
household is the same". They shared
that their rituals and practices can even vary between family members of the
same household. As we visited the two different Hindu temples, it became
very clear that they also come in different forms. While Indian geography certainly can account
for some of the diversity, the evolution of time may also play a role. For example, the first temple we visited was
humble and welcoming. Hindu worshippers
took time after worshipping to ask why we were there and then offered to
explain various aspects of their temple to our group. The other temple
was extremely ornate, with amazing wood and marble carvings but appeared to be
more focused on customs and traditions. Both
beautiful temples but were notably different in their beliefs and behavior.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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is a collection of traditions or as the Hindu student from today's panel
described, a way of life. Each of the students on the student panel
shared that Hinduism is more than a religion but rather a part of their lives.
They also shared that Indian culture and Hinduism are so intertwined that
it is difficult to separate. </span>Shereen
Bhalla, from the Hindu American Foundation, also stated that there isn't a
specific founder, doctrine, or creed, but rather that Hinduism is a way of
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focused on rituals but over time it moved away from rituals and began to share
stories across generations and continents that became guides for how to lead a
moral and righteous life. As Buddhism and Jainism gained prominence in
India, Hinduism moved away from ritual and text and into personal
devotion. Later as British rule and
colonization happened, some Hinduism practices became more rigid and other
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today but I am just too exhausted after trying to wrap my brain around it all!
Another busy, exhausting, but enlightening day. Tomorrow Judaism and Christianity.
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">6.12.19 I had an opportunity to read Melanie Pace's blog post about her review of our day @<a href="https://setthepaceblog.wordpress.com/2019/06/11/reflection-of-day-2/" style="font-size: x-large;">https://setthepaceblog.wordpress.com/2019/06/11/reflection-of-day-2/</a> I appreciated reading about so many facts that I didn't think to add to my post. I feel like she had a better understanding of some of the traditions then I was able to put to paper. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Wow! Just wow...</b>what an amazing day of learning! Today we started our day with an overview of religious literacy by listening to some great speakers: Linda Wertheimer, the author of Faith Ed and Benjamin Marcus, from the Religious Freedom Center. They were both so knowledgeable and passionate and imparted some great information; however what I'd really like to focus on in today's post is my learning on Sikhism.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Before today, I'm embarrassed to say I had no real knowledge of Sikhism other than that it originated in India and that Sikh men wear turbans and the women wear head coverings. What I learned today is that Sikhism, the world's fifth largest religion, is quite beautiful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When we arrived, we were warmly welcomed into their center. After removing our shoes and covering our heads with hair coverings, we were asked to join them for Langar, a shared meal that they prepared for us. We sat on the floor as is their custom, as sitting together at the same level equalizes everyone. They then served us the delicious food that they had prepared for us. After Langar, we moved toward a meeting area where we had an opportunity to listen to Sikh children share a few of their experiences and then were provided an abundance of information on Sikhism. The Sikh's believe that there is only one God. The basic tenets of their faith are that God's name is to be remembered in every breath, that they should earn their living honestly, share their good fortunes with those that are less fortunate, and to engage in selfless service. Additionally, Sikh's believe that all people are equal regardless of their race, gender, religion, or social class. The Sikh's Holy Scripture is known as the Guru Granth Sahib. The Guru Granth Sahib is at the heart of their worship and contains devotional compositions written by Sikh teachers known as "gurus" and hymns which are mainly written in the Punjabi language. The Sikh's believe that the purpose of life is to try to integrate their individual personality with God. The Sikh's religious tenets directly influence their <b>behaviors</b> of serving others and welcoming all as their equals which was evident during Langar and certainly created a sense of <b>belonging</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Sihk's practice the Five K's also known as the Articles of Faith. The articles of faith include: unshorn hair to represent their spirituality, a comb to represent their cleanliness, a steel bracelet, representing their self restraint and connection God, a short sword, to symbolize an emblem of courage, inner strength, and commitment, and lastly a type of underwear knickers to represent their purity of moral character. Additionally, I learned that Sikh men wear turbans and Sikh women wear head coverings to protect their uncut hair and to express themselves outwardly to others as a Sikh. These <b>behaviors</b> create a sense of community with their fellow Sikh's as they illustrate the <b>belief</b> that they are all equal during their worship and their dress.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I am so thankful for the Sikh's who welcomed us into their center and community and shared their beliefs, practices, and customs with us. Thank you!</span></div>
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My religious literacy course's assignment for today is to develop my essential question for this course...I guess I am trying to figure out, why people fear, hate, or discriminate others because they are different? This leads to an even bigger question, how do we stop it? I see fear, hate, and discrimination quite frequently in working with my students with special needs; however I also overhear or note it when making small talk with family, friends, and even random acquaintances when the topic of other cultures and religions comes up. For whatever reason or as I see it...blessing, I just don't think that way and never have. When it's in reference to those with special needs, I'm knowledgeable and passionate and have no problem explaining to people why they are wrong, quite passionately. You have been forewarned...don't ever use the "R" word around me.<br />
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When negative comments are made about people of different cultures or religions, I feel strongly this is wrong but I don't always know how to respond or justify why I feel that way. I often feel confused or upset that people feel so negatively about a person they've never met just because of what they believe, what they are wearing, or how they look. My hope in taking this course is that I will become more knowledgeable about history, traditions, and religions, the why...so I myself have more knowledge and can in turn help people understand that differences aren't to be feared but rather understood and possibly embraced. <br />
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<br />Becky Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054185021338431790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432298048958469935.post-13501810348135464702019-06-06T20:42:00.000-07:002019-06-06T20:42:20.916-07:00🌞Just some light summer learning...religious literacy 🌞<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br></span></i></div>
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I'm seriously excited about taking this course "Religious & Cultural Bus Tour". I truly love learning and feel pretty lucky to get this experience.<br>
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One of my first assignments for the course is to consider why it is important for educators to develop religious literacy. Being a citizen of of the USA, I feel I'm truly blessed to have the freedom to believe in whatever religion I choose. I also understand that if I truly believe and intend on making a positive impact toward democracy and peace, I should be knowledgeable about all religions, not just my own. More than 1/2 of my caseload includes students who have a language other than English spoken in their home. Additionally, almost 1/2 of my students and their families practice other religions than Christianity including: Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, or are Agnostic. Religious illiteracy facilitates prejudice, hostility, and conflict which is completely counter to democracy and peace.<br>
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I was raised Catholic and attended a Catholic grade school. Our family moved as I was beginning my freshman year or I would have attended a Catholic high school as well. While I loved the Catholic traditions, as I became older, I began to question some of the church's practices. When I met my husband who was not a Catholic but rather a Lutheran, it wasn't a big deal to me but it was a big deal to my grandparents. My grandparents said they wouldn't come to our wedding if I wasn't married in the church. As I was a practicing Catholic and because it was really important to me that they attend our wedding, we agreed to do so. We attended "pre-cana" classes and attended the church just about every Sunday. I can remember distinctly one particular mass watching my soon to be husband: kneel, sit, bow his head, kneel, stand, etc. for me, I can remember thinking "wow, this guy really loves me" and "does he really understand why he is doing all of this?". While being a Catholic was important to me, it was more important to me that my husband and I have a relationship with God. After we married, and had some great conversations, we began looking for a church that would work for us and our someday family. As we were both were Christians, we didn't search for different religions but rather a different way to express our devotion to God. With that said, the opportunity to observe various Christian churches, their traditions and practices was quite interesting, eye-opening, and at times intimidating. After attending many different churches, we found "our church" 18 years ago. My faith and relationship with God continue to be a big part of who I am.<br>
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As I consider my overall goals for this course, I really want to learn about other religions so that I can continue to grow as a person. I believe it's important to have a greater understanding and awareness of religions so that I can promote peace and and democracy in this diverse world we live in. As I've said my faith and relationship with God are a big part of who I am. I do not believe that my religion is the "best" religion or the only one. I believe everyone's faith or lack there of is a very personal one. In order to best understand one another, we should learn from one another. The history, the practices, the why...I want to better understand others.<br>
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<br>Becky Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054185021338431790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432298048958469935.post-52406214355533347222019-06-06T17:16:00.000-07:002019-06-06T18:00:51.541-07:00What does summer really look like for a teacher?<br />
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Hi all! I'm back.... I’m smiling again and the sun is out! </div>
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I took a very long unplanned break because by January of this year, I really didn't have any energy left to give beyond what my own family and my students needed. Sounds kind of yucky but it's the truth. For many reasons that I won't bore you with, I found this year to be particularly tough. Summer break being delayed a week by snow days didn't help... damn Chicago weather. With that said, I've been on summer break for SIX glorious days and already feel a bit better. I've slept in a few mornings, read one book for fun, and have been spending time with my family. Exactly what this girl needed! Okay, still needs...<br />
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My hope and plan is that next year my school year will be a bit more manageable and calm. Fingers crossed! If that is the case and I pray it is, I will be more active in sharing what's happening on my Autism SLP adventure. I'm also planning on posting a bit this summer to get back in the swing of things as I have quite a few draft posts that I never published. </span></div>
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So to get back to the question "what does summer really look like for a teacher?" or at least this SLP/teacher? Yes, it's true, I do get to sleep in as well as do many of the things I love but don't ordinarily get to do during the school year. Read books for FUN, travel, sleep in, walk my dog everyday, enjoy my fire pit with family/friends or alone with a great book and a glass of wine. I also do so many things I don't get to do during the school year, like clean out closets, get to the gym multiple times during the week, cook regularly for my family, and most importantly reconnect with good friends. I also spend a ton of summer working on things for school such as finishing my medicaid billing, planning, organizing, and learning. I really don't think many people who aren't teachers or who have teachers in their family understand how much a good teacher does during the summer. Yes, it is an absolute perk to be off and have a flexible schedule in the summer but it's not just well deserved but absolutely needed. Teaching is caring for young little people that require every ounce of energy, care, love, and skillset we have. It is 100% well worth it but it's also exhausting physically, mentally, and emotionally. Teaching is not a job you put away at 5pm but one that you carry everywhere: every school night until 9 or 10pm and Sunday, your dreams, insomnia "events", the shower, your weekends, and your summer. Truly! Our students are our kids in so many ways and we don't turn it off with a switch. With that said, summer is like a dimmer, we turn it way down to replenish, rejuvenate, reconnect, and relax.<br />
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This summer I will be doing all of the above things I mentioned with learning being front and center right now. I love learning! If I ever become stagnant, it is time to leave the field. "Our" kids deserve it. This summer I'll be learning a lot more about many SLP related things such as AAC (Augmentative and Alternative communication), SEL (Social Emotional Learning), behavior, and Religion and Culture. <br />
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I'm really excited that after multiple attempts, I was finally able to enroll in a course titled "Religious and Cultural Bus Tour". Beginning on Monday, I will be back as a student in the classroom for 6 full days of learning about the various religions and cultures of my students and I can't wait! For the next week or so, I'll be posting about my learning as part of the course I'm taking. I really hope you'll follow along on this adventure.</div>
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At times, it can be scary, overwhelming, and quite humbling. Trust me when I say I have felt this way on multiple occasions. With that said, it is beyond rewarding to see these same students later use appropriate replacement behaviors that your team has worked tirelessly to teach so that they can develop peer relationships, access academics, and so much more. </div>
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This week we have a student transitioning into our program who is going to require a great deal of support. We were fortunate to be able to observe him prior to his transition as well as to collaborate with his current team. So where do we start when we get a new student?? </div>
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#1 Building positive relationships will be our first and foremost priority. We do this through <b>pairing</b> ourselves with positive reinforcers and activities. By pairing yourself with items and/or activities that the child desires you are associating yourself with "good things". Essentially, your goal is to be seen as <b>"the giver of good things"</b>. Initially, you are the one providing access to the desired items. The child learns that being with YOU means "good things" happen. </div>
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#2 Once you have paired yourself with the child, the child sees you as trustworthy. As, the child trusts that you are "the giver of good things", you can now begin to work on <b>gaining instructional control</b>. This may look very different depending on the child's skills. It may look like you asking them to follow a simple command or to imitate an action that is in already within their skill set. Here are some examples:</div>
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Johnny loves spinning tops. You have previously given him access to these tops (i.e. pairing). Additionally, you know that Johnny understands the command "stand up". The next time he wants the tops, you ask him to "stand up" and as soon as he does, you provide him with the tops. "You are standing! Here you go."</div>
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Ann loves microphones. You have previously given her access to the microphone (i.e. pairing). Additionally, you know that Ann imitates gross motor actions such as clapping. The next time she wants the microphone, you ask her to "do this" and then you model clapping your hands. As soon as she claps her hands, you provide her with the microphone "you showed me clapping! Here take the microphone."</div>
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This can be trickier when a student doesn't demonstrate understanding of simple commands and is not yet imitating but it can still be done. It requires you to observe the student and note what he can do. Can he push the home button on the iPad? Does he eat a preferred snack such as goldfish crackers? Will he lift a curtain to gain access to materials? By identifying what he does do, you can then request him to imitate any of these actions with the command "do this". As soon as imitates, he is provided with access to the desired item or activity. </div>
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Initially when I introduce a token system, I start with a 1 or 2 token system with fast, consistent, and frequent reinforcement. It's often within one or two sessions that we are able to move to 5 token system. Remember, if you are the "giver of good things", your student will trust you but that means you have to follow through! After the token board system has been in place for a few sessions, it's critical that you begin to vary the reinforcement. You may give 3 tokens when the student follows only one command or you may give one or (gasp) none. The key is to remain the trustworthy "giver of good things".</div>
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One of my VERY favorite apps to target language is the Mr. Potato Head: Create and Play! app.<br />
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With this app you can target SO much language and core vocabulary. Better yet my students LOVE it! Engagement, giggles AND targeting skills, what more can you ask for??!!<br />
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Who do you want to be?: "who", "I", "you" Choose from about 30 different people such as princess, pirate, clown, girl/boy, etc.<br />
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Where do you want to "go"? "where", "you", "go" and 15 various locations such as circus, ocean, birthday party, outer space, etc.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="text-indent: -0.3in;"> Visuals support so many of our students. We use visuals to teach, to prompt, and/or to remind our students of what is expected. Classroom rules and/or expectations are often posted but some of our students require more than that. For others, we use visuals to </span><span style="text-indent: -0.3in;">teach or just to remind them of the hidden rules. </span><span style="font-weight: bold; text-indent: -0.3in;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="text-indent: -0.3in;"><b> </b></span><span style="text-indent: -0.3in;">Here are just a few examples of when I've used my cue cards to support students in just the last week...Here's what they were doing the and cue card I showed them to demonstrate the expected behavior.</span></span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> looking out the window → look at board</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> running around the classroom → sit in chair and/or walk</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> yelling out answers → raise hand or quiet mouth</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> grabbing things → quiet hands or wait</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> yelling → deep breaths or ask for a break</span></li>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One of my biggest pet peeves is hearing staff tell my students what NOT to do rather than WHAT TO DO! If we want people to be successful we should be clear with what we are expecting!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I recently updated the cue cards for my school district, I'm sharing them with anyone who wants them. Let's be clear with what is expected! We use visuals to support ourselves each day. Why wouldn't offer the same for our students?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Print them back to back on card stock, laminate, hole punch, put them on a book ring and USE! :)</span><br />
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The "mystery item" was the PieFace game. All their little eyes were definitely on me which isn't always the easiest feat. This game offers so many opportunities to target core vocabulary such as NO!, I don't want to, I don't like, not me! please don't make me, etc. Believe me I was being sincere with my protests but in the same breath I will do just about anything to hear my students voices. They made me "go'" and play some "more". Good thing my mystery box was also packed with baby wipes and a hair tie, lol. <br />
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What would you put in the mystery box to teach no/not/don't? Autism SLPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08496146641030359998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432298048958469935.post-52064666996961173572018-10-02T17:48:00.000-07:002018-10-02T17:53:01.829-07:00Core Language Group...the mystery box<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Within my 30 minute group, I utilize a variety of materials to keep my students engaged but try to stay within the same structured format using a mini schedule. I use songs, quick repetitive books, some type of practice on the smart board, a fun YouTube video, and then the students favorite part...the mystery box.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My students LOVE to see what is in the mystery box at the end of each group. One of my students jumped up last week, ran to the core board, and pulled off "open". I seriously teared up and may have raised the roof, lol! </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But seriously, I just love when my students make these connections and recognize the power of communication. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So "what is it"... the mystery item varies depending on the core word of the week but so far it has included: balloon rockets, car tracks, gears, windups, my iPad, etc. Today the mystery box item was "Pie Face". Yes, you heard me right, I let the kids splash whip cream on my face. The language, the engagement, the joy made it worth it. I told them, "I don't like" and "I don't want" but really in my heart I was saying "I love". Crocodile dentist was the plan for tomorrow's mystery item but I believe Pie Face will return again tomorrow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How do you build excitement and engagement during your language groups?? What would you put in the mystery box?</span>Autism SLPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08496146641030359998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432298048958469935.post-12217043007433896602018-09-29T16:33:00.003-07:002018-09-29T16:52:55.319-07:00Are you okay?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm a pretty positive person and tend to wear a smile as my resting face, lol. With that said yesterday just about everyone I interacted with said "hey...are you okay?". I really tried to fake it but I guess I just don't have the best poker face.<br />
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Nope...it was a particularly rough day on top of a rough week. I'm a solver. I LOVE challenges. I love problem solving but some days or weeks can be just too much. I really have a hard time seeing my teammates stressed out or even worse hurt. Sometimes the behaviors in our classrooms can really just drain us. For lack of a better word, it sucks.<br />
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I consider myself blessed to be a part of an amazing team! We ended our day by going to our local watering hole. We laughed, we problem solved, and then we chose to our end of day by agreeing to unplug and take care of ourselves this weekend. Without a doubt, Monday will come. By taking care of ourselves this weekend, we will be better able to address the issues and behaviors at hand.<br />
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I fell asleep watching a movie with my family at 7:30 last night. So sad but SO needed. Today, I went out to lunch with my hubby, took a nap, and now I"m working on my lessons for the week while I catch up on all my Dateline and 20/20 shows. Tomorrow, we are headed to Six Flags as a family. I''m not gonna lie, I'm still stressed about what Monday will bring but I know that by taking care of myself, I'll be ready.<br />
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How do you take care of yourself? What do you do when things aren't "okay"? What are you watching?Becky Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054185021338431790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432298048958469935.post-38757793695956216152018-09-23T16:52:00.004-07:002018-09-23T16:52:39.308-07:00Listen and DoDo you have students who you know ARE listening but who don't always demonstrate that they are by following through? Many of my students REALLY struggle with this! Many of my students understand the concept of following the group plan but don't always demonstrate the skill without prompts. Is it prompt dependency? Processing time? There are so many variables...What to do?? The intermediate teacher and I decided to provide some explicit instruction and practice with our students during group last week.<br />
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First, the intermediate structured learning teacher, defined what "listening" is by reviewing whole body listening with the students. She utilized the Whole Body Listening book from the We Thinkers curriculum. <br />
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I like a lot of things...coffee, wine, date nights, sleeping in,... :)<br />
The things we like make us happy, they fill our buckets, and are what we seek. Here's my plan to teach this vocabulary to my primary classroom this week.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The mystery box this week will be filled with things that are liked. What do you like? Great opportunity to practice "I like"</span></div>
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We will also target what we can or want to be "like". I can pretend to be "like" anything I want to be and so can my students. Here's the plan to target to teach being like something else.<br />
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What do you like? How do you teach "like"? :)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Becky</i></span></div>
Autism SLPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08496146641030359998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432298048958469935.post-50495989833172314572018-09-09T15:20:00.000-07:002018-09-09T15:25:15.288-07:00Teaching expected behavior<div style="background-color: white; color: #2d3b45; font-family: LatoWeb, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 12px;">
We need to teach our students EXPLICITLY what is EXPECTED behavior. But how do we do that? </div>
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Michelle Garcia Winner uses the language “expected” and “unexpected” to define behavior within a group. For some students the terms expected and unexpected can be a bit abstract. In order to make the concepts a bit more concrete, I've been using the terms "stop" and "go".<br />
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<b>GO behaviors are things people do that are “expected”. They often make people feel good or comfortable.</b></div>
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<b>STOP behaviors are things people do that are “unexpected”. They often make people feel bad or uncomfortable.</b></div>
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As soon as my students have an understanding of "stop" behaviors and "go" behaviors, I begin to introduce the vocabulary of "expected" or "unexpected".<br />
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I often teach this concept by simply sorting behaviors into stop and go with a Boardmaker sort <a href="https://boardmakeronline.com/Boardmaker/Play/20435940/false">Stop and Go Behavior Sort</a>. There are MANY books that can be used to teach this concept as well. Here are some of the books that I like to use.<br />
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Becky Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054185021338431790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432298048958469935.post-76399139870203620482018-09-09T11:45:00.001-07:002018-09-09T14:04:45.716-07:00"Think About Others" kind of person vs. a "Just Me"Have I mentioned how much I LOVE Social Thinking? I personally think Michelle Garcia Winner is a genius! Teaching others how to think about being social can be extremely challenging but the ideas and vocabulary she has shared has been game changing.<br />
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This week during a 2nd grade social language group, we will be introducing the students to the idea of being a "Just Me" vs. a "Think About Others" kind of person. We all have "Just Me" moments but most of the time we try to "Think About Others". We think about others ALL the time... in the grocery store, in traffic, in the lunchroom, etc. For some of our students this is a really difficult concept to understand let alone apply.<br />
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In order to introduce this vocabulary, I wrote a story that we will review at the beginning of our group. If you have a BoardMaker account you can check it out here <a href="https://boardmakeronline.com/Boardmaker/Play/20428574/false">Just Me vs. Thinking About Others</a> If not, here's a PDF <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NnUsJR8pGiABVuBAu_oWsrwgnetl-tFG">Just Me vs. Think About Others</a><br />
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After we review the story, we will be watching some youtube videos and identifying if the characters are being a "Just Me" or a "Think About Others" kind of person. Moving forward, we will follow one of Michelle Garcia's lessons in which the students each take a turn during group time being a "Just Me" while the "Think About Others" group has some fun together.<br />
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I try my best to be a "Think About Others" kind of SLP. Let me know what you think!<br />
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